Heel pad and attachment



Feb. 24, 1925. 1,527,602

R. MYERBERG HEEL PAD AND ATTACHMENT Filed Sept. 19, 1924 Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

RACHEL MYEBBERG, OF BALTIMORE,

MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO LOUIS WOLF AND ISADORE MYERBERG', BOTH F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HEEL PAD AND ATTACHMENT.

Application filed'september 19,1924, Serial No. 738,583.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RACHEL Mrniumno, a

citizen of the'United States ofAmer-ica, re-

sidingin the city of Baltimore, State-of Maryland, have invented certain 'new and useful 'lmprovements inI-leel Pads and Attachments, of which the following is a,

specification.

The present invention relates to rubber and similar pads. for; attachment to the heels otshoes-and particularly to the means of attaching a. rubber heel to the high wooden heels of ladies"shoes,-tl1ough it is capable otgeneral application as. a means for at taching pads to boot and shoe heels.

The ordinary (method of attaching rubber heels isnot available as a means for attaching, rubber pads known as rubber heels to the woodenheels of ladies. shoes, as the nails whieh are ordinarily; used for this purposessplit the Wood and'destroy the heels. The present invention not only overcomes this difliculty but provides attaching'means for: padiwhich is permanently secured to the heel, so that after the first pad isworn out, the? second one and all subsequent sets of pads may. be attached 130% the; heel almost in stantaneously, the old padlbeing. removed with equal facility injuring the heel.

It is of further importance that the entire operation oiiapplying the first pad and all subsequent pads may be performed by a person wholly inexperienced in the shoemaking and repairing arts and without special toolsor other. appliances, and that the bottom or wearing surface of the pad is left intact without protruding metal parts which would tend to scar hardwood floors and destroy carpets and the like, and-without openingswor depressions which tend to reduce the wearing surface.

The device consists of a screw-threaded stud which is shortand of largetdiai'neter, which is. secured to the heel, projecting therefrom to be engaged. by acorresponding screw-threaded socket which is embedded in the pad when it is molded prior to vulcanization, providing a screw-threaded opening in the uppersurface of the pad, leaving the lower or wearing: surface intact, the socket being spaced upwardly from the and Without in any way wearing; surface of the pad ,a. distance, equal to substantially :half the thicknesso'f the pad. {I he socket is, provided .witha lateral ly projectingfiangeor equivalentimmber which in the form shownris a-pertured and theiheel is preferably punctured to receive a small brad or tack preferably registering with-thehole in the flange. Also the socket is spaced: downwardly from the "top surface of the pad to permit the'latter toibe drawn up closely against the heel.

The stud is provided with prongs which ,enterthe heel to prevent rotation otthe stud, and is centrally .apertu redto receive a small screw which is driven. up into the heel. "Willem the stud is thus attached,:the socketin the pad is. engaged with the thread on the 1 stud and the pad is screwed up against the bottom of the heel, a; bradbeing then driventhrough the hole or puncture in the pad and into the heelto prevent rotation of the pad relatiVely to the heel.

In the accompanying drawing I .have illustrated aheel with a pad andeattaching means theretorin accordance with my i-nvention in the preferred form.

Inthe drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ladies high wooden heel with the pad attached,

showingthe pad and attaching means in a general Way.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2, 2 of Figure 1 taken at right angles to the plane of Figure 1 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

Figure 3 is an elevation of the stud which is secured to the heel to engage the socket/in thepad, the other parts being removed.

Figure l is a top plan of the stud and socket engaged with each other and sepa rated from the heeland pad.

Figure 5 is a section on a reduced scale taken on a plane parallel to the section, Figure 2, showing the heel and the stud,

the pad and socket being-removed.

Figure 6-is a correspondingisection of the pad and socket.

:Figure 7 is a top plan of the pad and socket assembled; and

Figure 8 .is a bottom plan of the pad showing the brad hole.

Referring to the drawings by numerals,

each of which is used to indicate the same or similar parts in the different figures, the device of the invention, as shown, is applied to a high wooden heel 1, such as is generally used on ladies dress shoes. The rubber or similar pad 2 is attached by means of a screw-threaded stud 3 secured to the heel and a correspondingly screw-threaded stud t seated in the pad. The stud 3 as shown is short in proportion to its diameter, which latter is large in proportion to the diameter of the heel, the diameter of the stud in the form of the invention shown being approximately one-third of the diameter of the heel, and the stud is provided at each side of its upper surface with upwardly projecting prongs 5 and 6, and it is further centrally apertured and counter-sunk from below to receive a small slotted wood screw 7 or similar fastening means.

The co-operating socket 4 is preferably inserted in the mold when the latter is being filled in the formation of the heel pad prior to vulcanizing, the socket being vulcanized into the heel. The socket member is pro vided with a laterally projecting member 8 shown in the form of a flange having spaced depressions or apertures 9 through and into which the rubber may be forced, tending to prevent rotation of the socket, and the heel may to advantage be further apertured or punctured at 10 in alignment with one of the openings 9, or this opening 10 may be omitted, the object of the same being for convenience in locating the brad or tack 11 to be driven through the pad and through the projection S, passing through one of the apertures 9 and seated in the heel 1 as shown in Figure 1 and in dotted lines in Figure 2.

When the shoe comes to the shop for the application of the rubber heel, the preliminaries having been attended to in accordance with the circumstances, the stud 4 is first afiixed to the heel of the shoe, which may be of wood or any suitable material, by driving the prongs 5 and 6 into the bottom surface of the heel, hitting the bottom surface of the stud 12 one or more sharp blows with a hammer for this purpose. A small hole is then made in the centre of the heel in alignment with the central opening 13 in the stud 4-, and a small wood screw or similar fastening is inserted in the heel, being passed through the opening'18 in the stud and turned in flush with the top surface 12 of the stud, being otherwise turned up tight against the surface of the stud which it contacts. The pad 2 is then afiixed by engaging the threads 14 of the stud with the threads 15 of the socket, and turning the pad up tight against the bottom surface of the heel. The attachment of the pad to the heel is then completed by driving the brad or tack 11 through the pad which is preferably provided with a positioning hole 10 registering with one of the openings 9 in the flange or laterally projecting member 8 and into the heel proper 1. It will be apparent that when thus secured, the heel can not be detached accidentally or in any way rotated. It will also be noted that the socket member 4 is preferably depressed slightly below the surface of the heel, so that the latter may be screwed up and compressed against the heel without contact of the metal parts with each other, which would tend to space the pad away from the surface of the heel.

It is also apparent that both in the first instance and subsequently with great facility the heel may be applied by anyone not necessarily skilled in the manufacture or repair of shoes. It is therefore available for sale in the retail stores, in addition to being attractive to repairmen on account of the fact that it can be applied with the minimum of danger of splitting or defacing the heel, and with great ease and despatch, and that the attachment thus effected is permanent until it is desired to remove the pad, when it can be removed and replaced almost instantaneously.

I have thus described specifically and in detail a single embodiment of my invention in order that the nature and operation of the same may be clearly understood; however, the specific terms herein are used descriptively rather than in a limiting sense, the scope of the invention being defined in the claims.

1V hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a pad adapted for attachment to the heel of a shoe, a threaded socketseated in the pad and having a laterally projecting portion within the pad, the bottom of the pad being intact, a threaded stud having upwardly projecting prongs adapted for insertion in the heel and a central aperture adapted to receive a screw to be inserted in and engage the heel, the laterally projecting member being adapted to engage a brad to pass through the pad and into the heel.

2. In combination with a pad adapted for attachment to a shoe heel, of a threaded socket seated in the pad, the bottom surface of the pad being intact and the socket being spaced inwardly from the upper surface of the pad, and a threaded stud with upwardly projecting prongs adapted to engage the heel, the stud having a central aperture adapted to receive a fastening member to be paslsed through the stud and inserted in the ice 3. In combination with a pad adapted for attachment to a shoe heel, of a threaded socket seated in the pad, the bottom surface of the pad being intact and the socket being spaced inwardly from the upper surface of the pad, and a threaded stud with upwardly projecting prongs adapted to engage the heel, the stud having a central aperture adapted to receive a fastening member to be passed through the stud and inserted in the heel, the socket having a laterally extending portion Within the pad With means adapted for engaging a nail.

Signed by me at Baltimore, Maryland, this 17th day of September, 1924.

RACHEL MYERBERG.

Witnesses:

PORTER H. FLAUTT, E. WEHMEYER 

